Sentence examples for paltry fine from inspiring English sources

Why was Wal-Mart fighting a paltry fine so hard?

It's worth mentioning Choudhury's paltry fine, because that is certainly what Ryan's supporters in the English Defence League will do.

Penning, a government minister, said he would be writing to the attorney-general to investigate how such a "paltry" fine could be imposed.

Suspects were able to plead guilty and pay a paltry fine or, if they chose to contest the case, could be confident that it would be dismissed due to procedural irregularities.

Instead, it levies paltry fines.

Only this year, he settled with the S.E.C. and the Canadian securities regulators, paying paltry fines.

I doubt they will now with paltry fines and slapping on the wrists.

They are treating the paltry fines as 'operating costs', which they are offsetting against the vast profits they are raking in.

UEFA, the European soccer authority, studied the evidence that led to acts of violence on the field, and handed paltry fines and warnings to the Serbian federation as well as fines to English players who reacted to the abuse.

Of course, the cost of the Kalamazoo spill, at over $750 million, far exceeds both PHMSA's paltry fining authority as well as the cost of replacing corroded pipe and complying with regulations.

Let's see: millions of people break the laws of the United States and are allowed to stay in the country and become citizens provided that they pay a paltry $2,000 fine and learn rudimentary English.